Getting it right from launch

The car industry proves first impressions usually last but it’s never too late to start over. The Nissan Navara PRO-4X WARRIOR by Premcar has just won 4×4 Australia’s Best Adventure 4WD in this year’s 4×4 Ute of the Year Awards. 4×4 Australia said, “The fact that the Warrior performed so well against newer and larger […]
PRESS RELEASE: Nissan reveals striking new Navara PRO-4X Warrior concept

The following press release was issued publicly by Nissan Australia on 19 November 2025. Commanding Concept Previews Direction For New Navara Warrior 19/11/2025, Melbourne: Nissan tonight unveiled a striking Navara PRO-4X Warrior concept as part of the global debut for the all-new Navara D27. The concept provides the first glimpse of what the next-generation Warrior […]
Size matters if you’re a carmaker

How big does an automaker need to be to survive the car industry’s current upheaval? I have never seen the new car market in such a volatile state. Some brands are managing rapid growth, others rapid contraction. Recent VFACTS sales figures show some car brands’ year-on-year sales results in Australia are down anywhere from 10 […]
The powerful marketing tool new brands are using

New brands entering Australia’s new-car market are doing solid trade. Many of them have woken up to the sales power locally tuned suspension and ADAS systems can create. And their cars are often cheaper. But it’s not just lower prices in a cost-of-living crisis making them attractive. Some of these new brands are now more […]
Why are new car brands from China so competitive?

One automotive industry question popped up time and again in 2024: ‘How have the new car brands from China become so competitive, so quickly?’ There are plenty of answers. Strong product appeal, heavy home-government subsidies, and the sheer economic scale of their operations are just some of them. Unfortunately for the ‘legacy’ car brands they’re competing against […]
Local new-car enhancement programs create and drive famous brand names

One factor underpins the most famous performance sub-brands in the car world. Car enthusiasts and motorsport fans can often be tribal. This is often thanks to one of the automotive industry’s greatest creations: the performance sub-brand. Ford and Holden have proved this for generations. Even after GMH’s demise in Australia and the end of the […]
Two of the secrets inside Premcar-enhanced new cars

Together, they are part of the answer to ‘how do they do it?’ We get asked this question a lot. Customers, journalists, new-car dealers; they all ask it. But it’s only when you dig into the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of something do you realise the ‘what’ that makes it work. This is certainly true with […]
This is Australia’s new new-car industry

We’re quietly powering on. Australia’s car industry ended in 2017. That’s many people’s understanding after Ford, GM-Holden and Toyota assembled their last new cars in Victoria and South Australia. Like all icebergs, much of Australia’s car industry lay hidden under the surface at that time. A vast network of supply-chain companies fed these big automakers […]
ANNOUNCEMENT: Premcar builds car 10,000 at its Epping new-vehicle factory

Melbourne, Australia | 29 May 2024 – Premcar has celebrated production of the 10,000th new car at its Epping assembly plant in Melbourne, Australia. The vehicle, a 2024 Nissan Patrol Warrior, came down Premcar’s Epping assembly line this morning. The Gun Metallic 4×4 SUV was met by applause from the company’s large manufacturing and engineering […]
How Some New-Car Importers Are Winning More Customers With Suspension Tuning

Certain car brands are using product localisation to boost their sales. This is how Premcar achieves it for them with suspension and handling enhancements. Selling new cars is intensely competitive and Australia is Exhibit A. 60-plus new-car brands. Almost 400 models. All for a market of ‘only’ about 1.1 million sales a year. The US […]